Ilmatar (album)

The album is named for the Finnish goddess of air Ilmatar who, according to the creation story in the Kalevala, creates the world from two eggs from the eagle Kokko (which is also the name of an earlier Värttinä album). A version of this story (in English and Finnish) is printed in the liner notes of the United States release.

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
- 2.1 Värttinä
- 2.2 Guests
3 External links

[edit] Track listing

"Itkin" (Pekka Lehti / Kirsi Käkhönen, Mari Kaasinen, traditional) – 5:20
"Käppee" (Kaasinen / Kaasinen, trad.) – 2:34
"Laiska" (Kari Reiman / Sirpa Reiman) – 4:06
"Liigua" (Susan Aho / Aho, trad.) – 5:08
"Milja" (K. Reiman / S. Reiman) – 4:27
"Äijö" (Antto Varilo / Käkhönen) – 4:22
"Kivutar" (K. Reiman / S. Reiman, K. Reiman, trad.) – 3:28
"Linnunmieli" (K. Reiman, trad. / S. Reiman, trad.) – 3:57
"Lieto" (K. Reiman) – 3:06
"Sanat" (Janne Lappalainen / Käkhönen) – 4:37
"Meri" (K. Reiman, S. Reiman, trad.) – 5:59

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Värttinä

Susan Aho - vocals
Mari Kaasinen - vocals
Kirsi Käkhönen - vocals
Riikka Väyrynen - vocals
Janne Lappalainen - bouzouki, soprano saxophone, kaval
Markku Lepistö - 5-row, 2-row and 1-row accordions, jouhikko
Pekka Lehti - double bass
Kari Reiman - fiddle
Marko Timonen - Galician bass drum, tama, surdo, shekere, klong yaw, bucket, broom, bells, percussion
Annto Varilo - 6 & 12 string guitars, cümbüs tanbur, 10-string kantele, vocals